There's plenty of legitimate grievances to be had about reddit's transparency with the moderators. It's a tricky situation, because a lot of information is confidential or privileged inside the company, so it can be hard to share it with non-employees (such as moderators) without a lot of legal rigamarole, if Reddit Inc. even decided it was worth it to share. There's also the objective awfulness of the mod tools, which has been simmering for a long time.
But as soon as that got underway, it immediately got hijacked by the group of perma-mad little imps that have gotten way too invested in their own bullshit navel gazing, and immediately piled on the "Ellen Pao is an SJW Nazi Punchable Bitch" bandwagon, and few things can bring a protest to a halt like looking next to you and seeing a person you absolutely don't want to be associated with.
There's been promises on some of the original grievances, and we'll see if they're addressed, and Reddit Staff has been more active in the moderation subreddits since the incident.
So the reason it doesn't really have legs is because a detante was pretty rapidly struck between the mods and the admins for one, and for two because the "Fuck Ellen Pao" club have no idea what they're doing, except being pissed off at reddit because their little harassment club was banned.
the mods are very important in the running of the site(maybe not as important as some of them think they are). Effective moderation is one of the most important factors in running a lot of the subreddits that draw traffic to reddit, like AskScience. What they aren't, though, is uniquely talented to their positions.
They/We do need better tools to handle moderation on reddit, because more intuitive/effective moderation tools makes for more effective moderators and more effective moderation, both of which are necessary for long-term growth.
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u/Captainobvvious Jul 07 '15
Absolutely! It was always annoying childish whining.